W. G. BURKHEAD, Editor. J. B. WHITAKER, Jr., Local Editor and Business Manager. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 1 Year,- - - $4.00 I 1 Month, Months, - - 1.00 I 1 Week, 35 cts. - 10 cts. RATES FOR ADVERTISING column, three month;- $ 20.00 35.00 00.00 35.00 00.00 110.00 column, fcix months, . . . . column, one year, ...... .', column, three months, . I column, six months, , column, one year, ...... 1 column, three months, . 1 column, six months,...'. 1 column, one year, . . 00.00 110.00 . 200.00 Space to suit the advertiser in pioportion to ahove rates. SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1888. DEMOCRATIC TICKET. KOll I'felI)KNT: OUOVEIt CLEVELAND, of New York. K(iu vk.k-imiksidknt: ALLEN (x. T1IUUMAN, : of Ohio. FOIL riOVKKNou: DANIEL (?. FOWLE, of Wake. I foi: ijeutkxant-govlknok: THOMAS M. HOLT, of Alamance. Knii SKCEKT.VItY K STATF.: WILLIAM L. SAUNDERS, of New Hanover. fou Ti:K.vsi:ia:n: DONALD W. RAIN, of Wake. i . i i: Aror n r;: ;eor(;e w. sanderlin, of Wayne. F. K SI' I'l'.KI VI T'.N I I".NT OF IM'IU.IC INSTIUH TION SIDNEY M. FIN(;ER, of ( 'a taw ha. TOU ATTOKNEY OENEIIAI. : THEODORE F. DAVIDSON, of lhincomlc. roi: si i'KKMF. coi'itT r.ENcu : Associate .Justice. 1 l'H vacancy cause ly death' of Tims. S. Ashe, JOSEPH J. DAVIS, of Franklin. To serve if (Constitutional Amendment is adopted, JAMES E. SlIEI'H ERD, of Ri -an fort. ALl'HONSO C. AVERY, ' of Ihirke. I FOU J.IJKTOliS AT IjAROK '. '' ARK RE I) M. WADDEI E, j of New Hanover. FREDERICK X. STRIJDWICK, of ( )r:mre. KOU ( oN(H:i:sS FOI'UTH oistutct: UENf AMIN II. RUNtf, ol Niish. 'MR. NICHOLS, ANSWISR. The.Smithfiehl ' Herald uives thisj plain talk to Mr. John Nichols, who wants to go back to Washington for another term : "The 'man who misrepresents the Fourth district in Congress pretends to be a friend of the laboring men. Let us see, if this is 'mere talk ? Once Mr. Nichols had laboring men to work for him. How did he treat them? We are informed that some of them remain unpaid to-day. AVe are informed that some of them have never received wages lor work they did for Mr. Nichols as printers. No man who is able to pay his debts and refuses to;"-pay - them is honest. Is Mr. Nichols able to pay his debts? Has he not been able to pay his printers all the while? He was Superintendent of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum in Raleigh, fed and paid by the State. Could he not have spared something of his hand some salary to pay his printers for their work that they lnight clothe and feed their families? lie was post master at Raleigh for a term of years, receiving his $ 1 ,000 per year. Could he not have spared enough of that amount to liquidate these honest debts? He appointed his negro clerk, helped him to make money, Why did ne not -appoint- the irood; sober citi zen we know of, who worked for him and whom he has never paid? This man is an honest white man who would have discharged his duties as post ollice clerk .elhciently, but Mr. Nichols- chose to let him go unpaid and put in ollice his miserable negro .clerk to at tend toitsduties. Again our misrepresentative in Congress is re ceiving the handsome sum of $."3,000 per year. In the name of honesty and decency, can t he pay a certain man, who lives in this part of the district, for the work he did for him as a printer? ling man is in need of his wages and Mr. Nichols, in his night speeches to the negroes two years ago, laid great stress on the laboring man's wages. We call up on Mr. Nichols to pay this man or else "let us bear no more of his hy pocrisy. We want the laboring men of this district to know the man who deceived them two years ago, and if they vote for. him again they must do it. with .eyes open. GUILFORD MIIjLKRS FARM. The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald thus writes to his paper : "The famous Guilford Miller ease was decided to-day by Secretary Yilas in -favor of the settler and against the Northern Pacific Railroad corpor ation, which had tried. to grab Mil lers homestead. s "This decision covers not only (Juilford Miller's case, but protects in their little homes more than ten thousand settlers in Washington Ter ritory -rnul Oregon, all of whom have been threatened lv the Norl hern Pa ri I'm; Railroad octopiis. "Last summer President Cleveland, in a public letter to the their Seen: tarv ol the Interior. 31 r. .Lamar, or- dered him to sec that the scttler were protected in their rights. Sc retarv Lamar, it was supposed, had attended to the President's order, but it now appears that he left this matter, with much other unfinished business, to his successor, Secretarv Vilas. uMr. Vilas, in looking into theques tions concerned, discovered material facts which both Secretary Lamar and Attorney-General Garland had overlooked, which established com pletely poor Guilford Miller's rights, and, as before said, the rights of a great number, more than two thou sand other settlers, all of whose claims rested '.-upon "the same grounds as Miller's." . Does this not prove that the Demo cratic party is administering the government in the interest of the humble? Does it not show that G rover Cleveland and his Cabinet Hiave the courage to stand up for the right, even in face of a gnat corpor ation ? OUR EXCHANGES. Greensboro Patriot:' Internal reve nue collections in this district for the month of July were 874,514.01. Greensboro Workman': There were 2:27 persons at the Teachers' Institute yesterday, and tins number is in creasing each day. Milton Advertiser: Thcdrv weathei is felling badly on all. crops, and i is unite a critical time with the corn crop. Two more weeks' ol dry i 1 T it 1 1 1 T weather ami tnc nigniami corn m t his sect ion will be a complete failure Twin-City Daily: There was ship ped from the depot here yesterday, 1 43,87 r pounds of freight, over 70 tons. This is no small business when you. consider the principal of it was manufactured and leaf tobacco.. . The Republican Congressional Con vention was in session at Wayfies villeyesterdaj. Hon. Ham G. Ewart, of Henderson, was nominated for Congress, Irom the ninth district,, and Mnj. W. W. -Rollins, of Bun combe, for elector. - Milton Advertiser : AVe are pleased to learn that our Baptist- brethren have met with such success in rais ing' funds for their parsonage as to justify them to begin work. Thev have purchased'--the old ..parsonage place adjoining the lots of Messrs. W. A. Smith and W. 1'. Rav, on lliii'h street, and will erect a vcrv nice house. Mr. G. 1L. AVash has been given the contract for the car penters work ami will make a good job of it. . Fayetteville Journal: A battle axe of great size, that was once the prop erty of some prehistoric chieftain, was recently dug up near Brandford, Ohio, in a neighborhood that is rich in Indian relics. The axe is made of a gigantic elk's horn, and singu larly enough there is engraved upon it the date 1402, ninety years before the discovery of America by Colum bus. The axe is elaborately and beautifully, carved, and furnishes an interesting puzzle to the local anti quaries. Asheville Citizen : Mr. J. A. Gwalt ney, of Alexander, was at the Farm ers' warehouse, yesterday, and in talking about new crop tobacco, said that he would have some tobacco of this year's growth ready for sale in about ten days. He said the tobac co would be of first grade, and would be cured by the new process. Mr. Gwaltney1 last year sold some new tobacco at the Farmers' ranging from $3-5 to 850 per hundred. This tobacco was brought in and sold up on the market before the warehouse season had closed. Mr. Gwaltney is one of the foremost farmers in Buncombe, and is hard to beat up on anything pertaining to the cul ture of first class tobacco. Xews. Observer : A Raleigh gen tleman has: collected and preserved an interesting souvenir of war times down South, in the shape of a scrap book, filled with samples of home made cloth, of every description. The sight of these goods forcibly car ries one back to the days when the old time spinning wheel and loom were to be heard in even house. Every grade and color of fabr'c is represented, from the coarsest cop peras check to thefinestusilkmixed" which was made by carding minute bits of old silk of any kind, with cot ton, about half and half, and then weaving the cloth as fin as pos sible on a rough hand-loom. It now looks strange that persons of wealth, taste ami culture could ever have worn such clothing, but there was no help for it. We did wear it and were proud of our inde pendence. .Most of these specimens have-a family history ot their own. havimrbeen prescrved'bv his sisters, cousins and aunts and presented to the gentlemen who placed them m the scrap-book for future genera tions to see. Henderson Gold Leaf: We give the amount of insurance on the property burned. Dibn ll Bros, had :)(MX)on building: Dibrell A Walk- ier. 8:1,000 on stock : Dibrell A: Walk er A: Taylor, on stock, SI XX); Dib rell Bros. A: alker, on lurniture knd prize house fixtures, 3 U0; Barks- 'dale it Co., on stock, mm ; ferry 'Bros., on buildimr, KX); D. Y. jGooper, on stocks $1,000; D. Y. Cooper, agent for Kimball A: Co., on Mock. $10,000 : Mrs. Leah II. Cooper, bn building. $'f00: K. G. Barnes A: Co., on -stock, $1,0(M) : K. G. Barnes A: ):. L. Fleming, on stock, $1M); i'ropertv contiguous damaged bv fire, E. G. Barnes, dwelling, $2,o00; damaged several hundred dollars by ell'ects of fire, tearing down doors, windows, mantles, Arc. S. Souther land, furniture, $o00 ; damaged by removal. J. R. Y'ountr, on dwelling and contents, 82,000 ; damage sev eral hundred dollars. Methodist E. Church $2,000; damaged some. II. Thomason, loss $100; no insurance. Property burned was insured in the tollowing named companies: Hart ford, $4,000: Royal, $2,000; Conti nental, 2,000; Pho nix,of Hartford, S 1 ,000; Mobile, $ 1 ) 10; ( ; eorgia I lome, $1,000; American, $1,000; Northern, $2,200; Underwriters, $l,o00; North Carolina Home, $1,500; Rochester (lerman, $1,000; Springfield Fire and Marine, $1,000; Imperial, $l,o00; iHuenix, of Brooklyn, $2,000; Vir ginia Fire and Marine, $1 )0 ). Prop erty damaged wasx insured in the tollowing companies : Hartford, Vir ginia Fire and Marine, Sun Mutual, Underwriters and Germania. All tlie propertv is insured in J. R Young's agencies, representing some ot the best companies in existence Xhe character of the companies and the fact that Mr. Young represents them guarantee prompt and satisfae torv. adjustment of all the losses. The individual losses we have not been able to arrive at yet, but the esti mated loss in the aggregate is put down at about $:;(),( JO0 with $-ji,:;oo insurance. i Person News. From the (Courier. There will be a Cleveland Fowle club organized at Mt. Tirzah next Saturday. Every Democrat in that township. is requested to turn out on that day. At the home of Mr. A. B. Harris, on the 17th ult., by John F. Woody, Esq.,' Mr. Joseph Harris was mar ried to Miss Ida Munday. May their life be a bright, cheerful one is the wrjsh of the d'ntrier and their many friends. jllurrah for Bushy Fork! She is organizing thoroughly for the cam paign. They have got over ) names oil the roll of the Cleveland and iFwle club, and proposa to attend the convention in a body. If every other township in the county would follow Bushy Fork's example the success of the Democratic party in Person county would be assured. Can't you do it, Democrats? Ut the residence of Mr. R. C. Pugh, oil the 28th ult., by. John F. Woody. E(j., Mr. W. W. Ramsey and Mjiss Bettie Hickerson were happily united in the bonds of matrimony. The following names were the, at tendants: Miss L..A. Pugh and Mr. I, A. Jones ; Miss Ella Clayton and Mr 11. B. Pugh ; Miss Janie Pugh ankl Mr. J. 1. Walker; Miss F. B. Pugh and Mr. W. T. Whitt. Imme diately after the performance of the cetemony the crowd repaired to the home of the groom where a sumpt uous supper was spread. May their luture lite be bestowed with happi ness and prosperity. Net Kceeipts of Cotton. 411,11 j. vnirv, iiu. All., luillin ing are the total net receipts of cot- tori at all ports since September 1st.: Galveston, G55JSS bales ; New Or leans, 1,771, 8 bales ; Mobile, 204,- 717 bales ; Savannah, 870,21)1 bales ; Charleston, 442,01) bales; Wilming ton, 108,122 bales ; Norfolk, 48S,80( bales-; Baltimore, f4,4(( bales : New- York, 104,G21 bales ; Boston, (J7,75i) bales ; Newport News, 103,378 bales; Philadelphia, 24,o8 bales: West Pointj 406,278 bales ; Brunswick, 70, 071i bales; Port Royal, 14,7o4 bales; Pensacola, l,0o bales. lotal, o, 503,007 bales. Pimples- 011 the Face Denote an impnre state of the Mooil and are looked upon by many with suspicion. Acker s lilood .Llixir will remove all im piirities and leave the complexion smooth and;clear. There is nothing that will so thoroughly build up the constitution, purifv and strengthen the whole system. Sold and guaranteed by R. Iilacknall A: Son. OUK PLATFORM. Adopted in State Convention at ISalcixii, play, if. : i ; We airain congratulate the people of North Caroling on the continued enjoyment of peace, good goverment and general prosperity under Dem ocratic administration of the affairs of the State which has now beenun- broken for so many rears : upon the just and impartial enforcement of the law; upon tne increasing ein- ciencv of our common school system, and the i progress made' in popular education ; upon the improvement and enterprise manifested in all paits of the State We again chal- lenjxe a comparison between this the outrages. siaie of things and erimes and scandals which attended Republican ascendancy in our bor ders, We pi edge ourselves to exert in the future, as i i the past, our best ellbrts to promote the best interests of the people of all sections of the State. Affirming our adherence to Democratic principles as heretofore enunciated in the platforms of tin party, it is hereby Peujeed, That no government has the right to burdln its people with taxes beyond the amount required to pay its necess iryr expenses and gradually extinguish its public debt; and that whenever the revenues, however derived, exceed this amount, they should' be reduced, so as to avoid a surplus in the treasury. That any system rof taxation which necessitates the payment of a pre mium of $270 bv the government on each fclKHJ ot lbi bonds, taken up with the millions that would other- wise lie idle in itfe vaults, and paid to bondholders who purchased in many instances, 4t less than par, is undemocratic, oppressive and in iquitous and should be refunded. I he. course ot our Democratic Rep resentatives in Congress, m their efforts to give relief to the people from burdensomej internal revenue and tariff taxatioii, meets with the approval of the Democratic party of this State and wq .respectfully rec ommend that if tbeydind it impos sible to give to our people all the relief demanded, Ithey support an' just and practical measure presen ted in Congress hat will afford a practical relief from such existing burden. j Resolved, That while the details of the methods by wihich the constitu tional revenue tarilf shall be grad ually reached are ubjects which the representatives of! our people at the national capital must be trusted to adjust, we think the customs duties should be levied ior the production of public revenue,and the discrimi nations in their aXljustment should be such, as will jiiace the highest rates on luxuries and the lowest on the necessaries of life, distribute as equally as possible the unavoidable Duruens ot taxation, and confer the greatest good on the greatest num ber. Resol ved That will We, as heretolore. favor, and never cease to tie- mand, the uii(;onditional abolition of 4 tne wnoie internal revenue system. A 1 1 1 1 as a war tax, not be be justified in times of peace ; as;a grievous burden to our people and h source of annoy ance in its practical operations. We call the attention jf the people of the oiaie to tne nypoe.riueai pretensions of the Republican party in their plat- iorms mat tney are in lavor ot tlie repeal of this onerous system of taxa tion, enacted by their nartv. while the Republicans 'id Congress are tax ing their energies (o obstruct all leg iMauou inaugurated oy tne rei)ie- sentatives ot tlie Democratic nartv to relieve the people of all or a part 01 tins ouious system. hes(,lved, 1 hat the course of the Democratic party jin furtherance of popular education, is a sufficient guarantee that we favor the educa tionofthe people, and we will pro mote ana iniproveithe present edu caiioinu advantages so iar as it can i : 1 1 i p r be done without burdening the peo ple by excessive taxation. hesolved, 1 hat tq meet an existing evil, we will accet, for educational purposes, Irom the; Federal Govern ment our rorata sliareofthe surplus in its treasury ; Provided, that it be disbursed through State agents and the bill for the distribution be free from objectionable features. Resolved, That tjie United States being one government and ours a na tional party, we denounce the ef forts of the Republicans to force sec tional issues in Congress and else where, and to promote dissension and ill-will between the people of the different sections of our common country. j Resolved, That it is due to the people of our eastern counties, who have so cheerfully jjorne their share of our common burdens, that the present or some Equally effective system of county government shall be maintained. Resolved, That the Democratic party is opposed to any further ex tension of the "Xo-fence"' law, unless such extension shall have first been authorized by a majority of the qual ified voters within (the territory to be aflected therebyt. Resolved, That the Democratic party has ever been the party of the workingman, and has never fostered monopolies, nor liave "trusts" or it 1 .: .? m r , ,. cuLuuiuaiions or pools ever grown ud under lawls en.mtp.1 hv it. The contest in this country being be tween atrsreirated capital, seekin ir i r rnb nut nil competition, and the V, J. V. . . ' ' individual laborer, the Democratic party is. as it has ever been, against the monopolist and in favor of a mst distribution of capital, and de mands the enactment of laws that will bear equally upon all. Restored, That as all taxation bears most heavily upon the laborer, it is the duty of the legislator, as a direct benotit to the workingmen. to keep the expenses of our public institu tions at the lowest limit consistent wilh wise and efficient management. The Democratic party opposes any competition between free and con viot labor, but it insists that convicts shall not remain idle at the expense of honest labor. , .VWiv,That ours being an agri cultural Suite, it is our duty as well as our pleasure to promote any ami all legislation that is best calculated to advance the interests of agricul ture : and that in so doing we will most effectually advance tlie inter ests of mechanics, manufacturers ami laborers. Resnred, That the Demoeracy ol North Carolina- cordially approve the administration of lion. Alfred M. Scales as honest, patriotic and conservative. Rt .tlved, That the ability, wisdom, honesty, patriotism, indepi ndence, faithfulness to duty and manly cour age of President Cleveland have won the odmiration of all good men ; and tlie interests of the country demand his re-nomination and his re-election. VALUABLE PROPERTY TOR SALE I Vy virtii"- of authority onfTr il iin no- in o r lain" 1-'1h ol' tru!t. ---utfl ' 4 no. 4'. Aui'-r uinl vif 1 w ill sell, at inii'lii am-tioii, at tin IToiirt Ifoiisi' lMr. in liirli.uu, X. ('., on Saturday, August 25th, 1888, tin- Mlowini; rironal rroin rty. to-wil: Two tiiar" of stH k in tin- "Oiirlitu Str l ;iv fit." !' tin liar valu- of flmi -a-li. Ti-n sliar-s of xto- k in tin "lurliaiii Kuriiilun Co." of tl.-.ar vaju of Mt ai li. loi iln-r w itli oui'-fil'th of tlw; uiilivil.-d rrofits, est iinat.-.l at At tin- mtiip tinn? anl iila-f. I will r.ff.-r for sno tin following Ki al llat-. t.-wit : 1st lyot. lJ-iii' an ninliviili'il oiif-lialf inter st a truant in roninioii witli 4no. K. l'r" tr. in a tra-t l ontainiiit; :if. am 8, aljiininn F. M. rrK-tr on t!i- north. 1. A. lIjiriMT on tu south, tin Willi! Mark ham lanl on the west, ainl 1'. M. I'roctor on th tast. 'Jil Lot. Iii-iii an uinliviih 1 onc-li.ilf inl r st as truant in coiiiiiinn with Jno. II. l'r-tor. in a tra-t containing 14 a-rr!. in l'alt-rstii Townsliiii, a-1- joinin on th- t-ast tin lainU of 4. A. liarlM-e, rfast d, on-tin-south, the lands of lUliuuii-l l.wr. on the wi st, th; lands of i. A. larlM -. and on the north, tin-lands of Marion liarlx-i-, and known an a art of tho Jaim-s Ktrh- land. l'rivatf 'll'-ri will 1- re't-ivcl until day of sal'. Tinif of sail 12 in. T rnis of sale om-dialf cash, halaure in six mouths. Title not i-nim-yed ni stM-k traiistv-rnd until full itayiuc-ut if ur hase lunnpy. For further iiiformatioii ajilv to J. S. MANXIXti. Truste... jy i:i-d odtd. , Durham. X. (!. CITY DRUG STORE R. BLACKNALL & SON, DKALKItS IN PUEE DBUGS5 PATENT MEDICINES, Toilet and Fancy Articles ! A Fi:U. LINK OF COUJATKS SOAI'S, KX Til ACTS AND TOILKT WATKIJS AT VERY LOW PRICES! Sponges, Trusses, Supporters and Mechanical Appliances. 0I8ARS, TOBACCO, SNUFF SUMMER DRINKS: Saratov, Wati-r. Io ILnk. Vichy, riinmr Al.-. S.m;i Wad r (i-f--il,l from fruit yrui.. I.iuii ailc, anl. in fart, all tu- popular drinks nf ihv day. Oar Prescription D-:partmsnt Is pr Ki.l d ov. r hy Mr. F. II. Heard. ri'-un. and -ari- n.il.li- us to guaranty- a- -ur-y. np:itii-s- aud pminptiitsH in t-ciupoiiudiu nittii- ? K'-iii. iuInt Jhr- plan-: Htok. s building. i-orur r li.iui aim ,uni,riu flni-ts. K. IILACKNAM. .k 5lN S. H. HAWES' " COAL ELEVATOR ! RICHMOND, VA. There are seventy-two screens in the IuiUlin;. Xo dust or dirt can possibly f;et into the Coal as it runs over these screens in passing from the Elevator into the carts. Consumers get their Coal dry and Perfectly clean. . The railroad cars run alongside the Elevator, and the Coal is loaded into them there, thus lessening the cost to the trade South and West 1 have now and shall alwavs keen on hand, a large stock of all kinds of uxil best suited for Fou ndrv, Factory and Family use. All Coal selected and of best Tie Only Coal Ele? aUdk quality. Prompt shipments. Orders so licited. s. H. HAWES, Richmond, Va, TOBACCO FLA) ISSUED EVERY FRij,. AT- DURHAM. 2f.c TlID TT i linoniiTinm . IN THE STATE! EVERYBODY SAYS $ DEMOCRATIC IN P0LITC ONLY $1.50 A YEA Terms: Cash in Advam THE PLANT GIVES The Latest General News! The Latest State Nei: The Latest Local News! TALMAGE'S SERMOKS PuMishfl Ev. ry Type. W-k in Lirv WASHINGTON LETTD diving Inci-lt nt-. of lnt.r.4 1 ' - i. N.ilion.il Citpitiil. ACCURATE MARKET REPOH: Of the- Durham aii.l Hh r M ul- Liberal Advertising Rate OUR SPECIAL OFFERS Ti SUBSCRIBERS. JNJo. 1, Fr $l.ro in c.ish w- ti1T fSA"'o 1'i.ant fr oik j-ar ;tn l ii suiiscniMT ticturs .jr. Clevtlanl. Th-i- pictun Wl? Hfh utid are ri-lil y worth ' : tl.&l you Kft'$2.5ii. No. 22. For 2.."0 vrc nill wu-l TKt 1 J Plant one year aul ujnl- " l r" a ni kfl-);i!cl lock, six incL r" dml, Wiirnintc.l to kt-ei wl ' cloc k rftuiU at $2.50 t vl3 " you got Thk Plant fr u- y' $1.50, and n clock worth 11 " words, for i'l.'A) you ft-i OUR CREDENTIALS- From the many com j -Inn vur r yM to TiiK Wkkkly 1lant y .ur the State Prt-tw, we aii-n 1 i '" CNF. OF THK t.rJX IT T'"r '1'T' Tiir. Iuint, Lirh in ln-lv ''-p-n iu ihf st t. will iiub-vl . " pruvtuieut and ruintj. OBATirrryo zvwksct or i m11 SUte Cbnu ! A We be N.D, in Nortb iri!.r i niorr fmttifyinK crvMmc-e of -LtTjr Lo u by Thk IXaxt. KT WO!HErVL THAT IT rTI k i: " - T ft' It In not wondt rfol that The LUri'rti". In lomtiful. I EJJMJAKT1.T rT5l Frmuklin rr The I)rEHixTi)Brc) ITatIc' tx-auUTul und trlrgaiitl j jinU-d THF. DCKHAM I'LAXT liM it " n-TiJjr in Um Mte